Another fun thing on which to speculate. What do you want to do when you go to work (real work, not the "gotta work at McDonald's to make car/clothes/cds money. 
)?
If you already have a career, is it what you thought you'd want in school? Or do you really want to do something else?
Careers I've wanted from my earliest memories:
Age 5-6 - I wanted to be a mail carrier! (I almost worked in the post office too.)
Childhood - I wanted to be an astronaut (in the 1960s, that was VERY common!)
Early teens - I wanted to be a doctor (then realized my memory sucks.)
College - I wanted to be a programmer (but only because I knew computers were the future, they were just coming in then, and I'd make good money. )
Later years - I wanted to be a librarian. Was heading in that direction, but health stepped in and stopped it. I should have been one all along.
What I've actually done during my whole checkered career life, from my earliest working days:
Babysat, cleaned houses, worked at snack bars, worked in the kitchen of a restaurant, switchboard operator (temporary or fill-in, and boy did THAT suck!), secretary (now called administrative assistant), library clerk (one of the best jobs ever!!), guardianship(for the elderly) caseworker, activities director for a nursing home (very depressing but very rewarding), Avon salesperson, church treasurer, editor (another of the best ones), writer (short articles), computer programmer (FORTRAN), researcher (genealogy, for pay).
What I should have done: Librarian, meteorologist or epidemiologist (I have a strong interest in the causes and courses of disease outbreaks. Creepy, eh?)
I didn't realize any of this til I was older. Of course, I could have used this in my 20s! I always loved working in the library, and did so at two separate times in my life.
Now I'm heading in the direction of writing. I've discovered to my surprise that I like it.
So what kind of job would you like to do?
And a word of advice from someone who wishes she had figured it out earlier, if there is something you love, odds are, you should be pursuing/thinking of it, careerwise.
It'll be fun to see what some of you are or want to be when you go out into the working world.
)?If you already have a career, is it what you thought you'd want in school? Or do you really want to do something else?
Careers I've wanted from my earliest memories:
Age 5-6 - I wanted to be a mail carrier! (I almost worked in the post office too.)
Childhood - I wanted to be an astronaut (in the 1960s, that was VERY common!)
Early teens - I wanted to be a doctor (then realized my memory sucks.)
College - I wanted to be a programmer (but only because I knew computers were the future, they were just coming in then, and I'd make good money. )
Later years - I wanted to be a librarian. Was heading in that direction, but health stepped in and stopped it. I should have been one all along.
What I've actually done during my whole checkered career life, from my earliest working days:
Babysat, cleaned houses, worked at snack bars, worked in the kitchen of a restaurant, switchboard operator (temporary or fill-in, and boy did THAT suck!), secretary (now called administrative assistant), library clerk (one of the best jobs ever!!), guardianship(for the elderly) caseworker, activities director for a nursing home (very depressing but very rewarding), Avon salesperson, church treasurer, editor (another of the best ones), writer (short articles), computer programmer (FORTRAN), researcher (genealogy, for pay).
What I should have done: Librarian, meteorologist or epidemiologist (I have a strong interest in the causes and courses of disease outbreaks. Creepy, eh?)
I didn't realize any of this til I was older. Of course, I could have used this in my 20s!
I always loved working in the library, and did so at two separate times in my life.Now I'm heading in the direction of writing. I've discovered to my surprise that I like it.
So what kind of job would you like to do?
And a word of advice from someone who wishes she had figured it out earlier, if there is something you love, odds are, you should be pursuing/thinking of it, careerwise.
It'll be fun to see what some of you are or want to be when you go out into the working world.
